Red Sox president Sam Kennedy is not impressed with his team’s season so far.
during Interview with WEEI On Thursday, Kennedy took the Red Sox out, calling the team’s season “embarrassing and unacceptable.”
“There’s no way to sugarcoat it,” Kennedy told WEEI. “It’s been terrible, especially when you consider the stated goal of building on what happened last season. … It’s been very frustrating, and I just want to acknowledge that from the beginning. It’s on all of us. We have to get better.”
The Red Sox entered Thursday sitting at the bottom of the AL East with a 27-39 record, 5 games behind the final wildcard spot.
Throughout Boston’s season-long offseason, they fired captain Alex Cora and four members of his coaching staff in an attempt to create a spark.
Hitting coach Peter Fatsi, bench coach Ramon Vazquez, third base coach Kyle Hudson and assistant hitting coach Dillon Lawson were let go.
Since then, Chad Tracy has taken over as interim manager, but has not been able to bring about much change.
With the coaching staff change falling through, many have turned to chief baseball officer Craig Breslow as a target for criticism.
However, Kennedy promised that Breslow is “working as hard as anyone in terms of getting things back on track.”
“Look, I completely understand and appreciate the questions about Craig Breslow and his job security and all that, but the issue of change there, just to be clear, that’s not even on the table,” Kennedy said.
Heading into the August 3 trade deadline, Kennedy noted that unless pitching improves in the next few weeks, the Red Sox will likely look to move on from a few players.
“Right now, there are a lot of discussions going on in terms of improvement and how to get this back on track, looking at every area of the roster and players, and Brees (Low) and his team are doing that,” Kennedy said.
“But look, let’s be honest, unless things change dramatically, we may have to pivot here from what our initial planning was. It wouldn’t be responsible to do otherwise.”